In the tradition ofHow to LiveandHow Proust Can Change Your Life, a philosopher asks how ancient Stoicism can help us flourish today
Whenever we worry about what to eat, how to love, or simply how to be happy, we are worrying about how to lead a good life. No goal is more elusive. InHow to Be a Stoic, philosopher Massimo Pigliucci offers Stoicism, the ancient philosophy that inspired the great emperor Marcus Aurelius, as the best way to attain it. Stoicism is a pragmatic philosophy that focuses our attention on what is possible and gives us perspective on what is unimportant. By understanding Stoicism, we can learn to answer crucial questions: Should we get married or divorced? How should we handle our money in a world nearly destroyed by a financial crisis? How can we survive great personal tragedy? Whoever we are, Stoicism has something for us--andHow to Be a Stoicis the essential guide.
Massimo Pigliucciis the K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York. The author or editor of 10 books, he has also been published in
The New York Times,
Philosophy Now, and
The Philosopher's Magazine, among others. He lives in New York City.
How toBe a Stoicis highly readable, written in clear and accessible prose, andilluminated with anecdotes of both a personal and an historical nature.
Washington Independent Review of Books How to Be a Stoicproves many things: that the ancient school of Stoicism is superbly relevant to our times; that profound wisdom can be delivered in lively, breezy prose; and that Massimo Pigliucci is uniquely gifted at translating philosophy into terms helpful for alleviating and elevating the lives of many.
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